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I can't really tell much of a difference, but then again, I am not even anything approaching an artist, so I'm the wrong person to ask about that! :D

Ah, this is something that seems to be too common in many forms of professional sports-people of so-so talent making their way in just because they come from wealthy families and have a lot of money. I'm not a hockey expert by any means, but this is something I KNOW happens in motorsports-NASCAR, particularly. If you come from a wealthy family and have a guaranteed sponsor and lots of money, there will be teams wanting to hire you regardless of whether or not you actually have any talent. It gets kind of aggravating to see those types stick around for years while people with actual talent get shoved out because they don't bring money with them!